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Tough new measures to stop the spread. starting monday, italy will require a super green pass to access public areas. its only granted to those who are fully vaccinated or have recovered from covid. meantime, the nearly 14 million residents of tianjin, china have been told not to leave the city unless absolutely necessary. authorities are now testing everyone there for covid. and weve got reporters standing by around the world. cnns stephen jung is in beijing, and nina dos santos is in london. n...

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The education secretary has said he would support cutting the coronavirus self—isolation period from seven to five days in england, if the move was recommended by experts at the uk health security agency. he said reducing the self—isolation period would help with staff absenteeism. he also denied there were plans to stop supplying free lateral flow tests — after a report in a sunday paper. our health correspondent dominic hughes has more. the good news is that boosterjabs are holding fast ...

The good news is that booster jabs are holding fast against the omicron wave. even as new cases have surged, hospital admissions remain a long way off the peak seen this time last year. but hundreds of thousands of people are currently isolating for at least seven days, so now theres a suggestion that — in england, at least — that period could be cut to five days instead. i think if the experts, and i have to defer to the uk health and security agency, deem it appropriate that you can have t...

And to keep our economy open. there is another potential threat to staffing levels on the horizon. all health care workers in england with direct contact with patients need to have had two covid jabs by the end of march or they risk losing theirjobs. one nhs boss acknowledges that could affect around 10% of his workforce. we have approximately ia,ooo staff at kings... so you could lose more than 1,000 staff? its an extreme position. but i am confident, and were already seeing a number of staff c...

Falsehoods. look whats happening in chicago with the teachers unions right now. i suspect a lot of those teachers out there sincerely believe that they are really in danger from the new omicron wave. well, the science doesnt support that. public health authorities dont seem to support that they are elm buoyed with this and look what theyre doing. you can make the argument some have they are just trying to get out of work and many of them are. on the other hand people believe this because too dam...

New today, the governor of new york says that the state is turning the corner on the omicron variant as it appears to be slowing down, so lets bring in dr. kavita patel, msnbc medical contributor, physician and fellow at the brookings institution, and a frequent guest. were glad to have you here. this omicron wave appears to be peaking in some areas. you have "the new york times" reporting that new virus cases are slowing down in u.s. cities where it first hit. and then governor hochul says they...

Among the vaccinated in workplaces across america including here at the white house. but if youre vaccinated sp boosted, you are highly protected. you know, be concerned about omicron but dont be alarmed. >> be concerned, check. but not alarmed. ill get back to you about that part. ask me in five minutes. lets see. president biden today met with the covid response team at the white house. he said the omicron wave that is crashing over the country now is something we should be concerned about. bu...

And certainly the white house will even say they dont have enough where they need to be. so whats the problem? some people say they think the biden administration put all their eggs in the vaccine basket and ignored other ways to beat back the pandemic. what do you think? >> well, i think theres been tremendous progress made. no question about it. you heard some of the stats that jeremy diamond just rattled off, but were at 300 million tests per month out and available. weve gone from 11 -- up t...

Sick, and they dont have paid leave, when in fact weve reduced poverty between 30% and 35% as a result of child tax credits, he has to understand that he is in i think the sixth most poverty stricken state in this nation, so i beseech him to think about his moral values. >> congresswoman, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. up next, fighting the omicron wave. will millions of at-home covid tests make a difference? but first, friends, collaborators, legends. carole king and jame...